Robertson County, Texas (TX)

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County population in July 2007: 15,819 (29% urban, 71% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,425
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,754

% of renters here:	28%
State:	36%

Land area: 855 sq. mi.
Water area: 11.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 19 people per square mile

(low).

2008 cost of living index in Robertson County: 77.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.2%), Manufacturing (12.2%), Retail trade (11.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 67%
Government: 22%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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Races in Robertson County, Texas:

White Non-Hispanic (59.9%)
Black (24.2%)
Hispanic (14.7%)
Other race (7.2%)
Two or more races (1.8%)
American Indian (1.1%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	37.6 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Males: 7,624	(47.6%)
Females: 8,376	(52.4%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,131
County population in 2003: 15,963
Jobs in 2003: 4,157

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Total labor force in 2004: 7,226
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.8%

Average household size:

Robertson County:	2.5 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $34,399 ($28,886 in 1999)

This county:	$34,399
Texas:	$47,548

2007 median house/condo value: $82,361 ($53,000 in 2000)

Robertson County:	$82,361
Texas:	$120,900

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $316 (lower quartile is $164, upper quartile is $417)

This county:	$316
State:	$589

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,210
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $294

Institutionalized population: 269

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 5
Robberies: 2
Assaults: 12
Burglaries: 95
Thefts: 62
Auto thefts: 5

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 3
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 15
Burglaries: 45
Thefts: 43
Auto thefts: 7

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Robertson County, TX map from a distance

2004 Presidential Election results in Robertson County Texas:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 55.8%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 43.8%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $647 (1.2%)

Robertson County household income distribution in 2007

Robertson County home values distribution

Robertson County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	20.6%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	12.6%
Whole state:	6.7%

Area name: College Station-Bryan, TX MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Robertson County is $562 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $686 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $869 a month.

Cities in this county include: Hearne, Franklin, Calvert, Bremond.

Neighboring counties: Brazos County , Burleson County , Falls County , Leon County , Limestone County , Madison County , Milam County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Robertson County: A J Siding (A), Calvert Country Club (B), Cavitt Ranch (C), Salter Farm (D), Hopper Ranch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Robertson County include: Petteway Church (A), Elm Grove Church (B), Providence Church (C), Henry Prairie Church (D), Chapel Hill Church (E), Rose Hill Church (F), Saint Lukes Church (G), Saint Paul Church (H), Beck Prairie Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Wheelock Cemetery (1), Whartley Cemetery (2), Wesley Chapel Cemetery (3), Webb Cemetery (4), Cavitt Cemetery (5), East Boone Prairie Cemetery (6), Cazy Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Golf Lake (A), Goston Ponds (B), Devils Lake (C), Robertson Lake (D), Wyach Lake (E), Grassy Lake (F), Mitchell Lake (G), Alum Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Holly Branch (A), Putney Branch (B), Herds Branch (C), Beck Creek (D), Schoolhouse Branch (E), Hay Yard Branch (F), Hay Branch (G), Lake Branch (H), Hardin Slough (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Robertson County: Franklin Lions Stadium (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.5%
Texas:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 368
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 68.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 520 (30% naturalized citizens)

Robertson County:	3.3%
Whole state:	13.9%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 199 1990 to 1994: 68 1985 to 1989: 96 1980 to 1984: 45 1975 to 1979: 24 1970 to 1974: 14 1970 to 1974: 36 1965 to 1969: 38

Mean travel time to work: 29.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.6%

Robertson County marital status for males

Robertson County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,450
One, attached: 99
Two: 280
3 or 4: 209
5 to 9: 47
10 to 19: 8
20 or more: 46
Mobile homes: 1,695
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 40

Housing units in Robertson County with a mortgage: 1,052 (35 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,396

Here:	43.0% with mortgage
State:	64.2% with mortgage

Agriculture in Robertson County
Average size of farms: 331 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $48058
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $156.50
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 84.59%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $42776
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.28%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 25.98%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $45523
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.11%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 21.85
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.54%
Corn for grain: 7018 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 166 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 14979 harvested acres
Vegetables: 48 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 716 acres

Robertson County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 1.5 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 10 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/10/1959, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 7 people and caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
Public administration (6%)
Educational services (5%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Food (4%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (20%)
Health care (15%)
Public administration (10%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Finance and insurance (3%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
Personal and laundry services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (84%)
Germany (5%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Yugoslavia (2%)
Nigeria (2%)
Panama (1%)
France (1%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Robertson County:

United States or American (12%)
German (8%)
English (7%)
Irish (7%)
Polish (5%)
Italian (2%)
African (2%)

Robertson County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,577 (74%)
Carpooled: 1,143 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
Taxi: 2 (0%)
Bicycle: 18 (0%)
Walked: 114 (2%)
Other means: 106 (2%)
Worked at home: 219 (4%)

People in group quarters in Robertson County, Texas

228 people in nursing homes
41 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
3 people in religious group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,653.

8.31% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,676 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.31%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.19% relocated from other counties in Texas ($32,038 average AGI)
1.12% relocated from other states ($4,640 average AGI)
Robertson County: 1.12%
Texas average: 3.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Brazos County, TX	3.12% ($37,286 average AGI)
from Harris County, TX	0.72% ($55,436)
from Milam County, TX	0.26% ($28,929)
from Falls County, TX	0.24% ($16,462)
from McLennan County, TX	0.24% ($41,769)
from Dallas County, TX	0.22% ($24,583)

8.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,837 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.55%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.56% relocated to other counties in Texas ($29,074 average AGI)
0.98% relocated to other states ($2,764 average AGI)
Robertson County: 0.98%
Texas average: 2.17%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Brazos County, TX	3.45% ($26,876 average AGI)
to Harris County, TX	0.56% ($37,100)
to Milam County, TX	0.39% ($35,476)
to McLennan County, TX	0.32% ($29,471)
to Bell County, TX	0.19% ($27,800)
to Falls County, TX	0.19% ($21,200)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.9

Births per 1000 population in Robertson County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.9

Deaths per 1000 population in Robertson County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Robertson County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,847 (2,468 aged, 379 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1321.640
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1272.230
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 6.18

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 19.32
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 37.06

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 15,734

In family households: 13,785 (3,023 male householders, 1,333 female householders)
3,184 spouses, 5,109 children (4,677 natural, 132 adopted, 300 stepchildren), 480 grandchildren, 120 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 227 other relatives, 237 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,949 (816 male householders (739 living alone)), 964 female householders (909 living alone)), 169 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 266 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 1,869 2-persons, 984 3-persons, 806 4-persons, 447 5-persons, 188 6-persons, 62 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,648 1-person, 120 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

87.3% of residents of Robertson County speak English at home.
11.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $117,534,000 ($7284 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,842,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $41,337,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,398,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,429,000
Federal grants: $43,189,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,437,000 ($44,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,745,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,135,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,218,000
Federal Government insurance: $25,545,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,199

Here:	74 per 1000 residents
State:	85 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,041

Here:	64 per 1000 residents
State:	35 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +122

Here:	+8 per 1000 residents
State:	+29 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -63

Here:	-4 per 1000 residents
State:	+10 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Robertson County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.80 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.4
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	3.8

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 245
1995 to 1998: 593
1990 to 1994: 427
1980 to 1989: 1,574
1970 to 1979: 1,609
1960 to 1969: 976
1950 to 1959: 868
1940 to 1949: 594
1939 or earlier: 988

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Robertson County, Texas:
	1 room: 35 2 rooms: 127 3 rooms: 264 4 rooms: 646 5 rooms: 1,311 6 rooms: 1,060 7 rooms: 530 8 rooms: 301 9+ rooms: 151

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Robertson County, Texas:
	1 room: 51 2 rooms: 235 3 rooms: 193 4 rooms: 439 5 rooms: 397 6 rooms: 284 7 rooms: 79 8 rooms: 50 9+ rooms: 26

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Robertson County:
	no bedroom: 77 1 bedroom: 253 2 bedrooms: 1,182 3 bedrooms: 2,432 4 bedrooms: 439 5+ bedrooms: 42

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Robertson County:
	no bedroom: 65 1 bedroom: 366 2 bedrooms: 620 3 bedrooms: 627 4 bedrooms: 74 5+ bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Robertson County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 368 1 vehicle: 1,229 2 vehicles: 1,829 3 vehicles: 742 4 vehicles: 174 5+ vehicles: 83

Cars and other vehicles available in Robertson County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 526 1 vehicle: 719 2 vehicles: 374 3 vehicles: 115 4 vehicles: 17 5+ vehicles: 3

60% of Robertson County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Texas.

Robertson County:	60.3%
State average:	51.6%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 13585
Northeast: 223
Midwest: 405
South: 845
West: 345

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (37%) Utility gas (34%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%) Wood (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (46%) Electricity (34%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%) Wood (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60

Here:	2.7%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47

Here:	5.1%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56

Here:	18.4%
Texas:	15.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Robertson County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)